American guide series

Focusing on the District of Columbia this is one of the "Cities" which merited it's own book in the American Guide Series of the Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration (WPA).The Federal Writers' Project was created in 1935 as part of the United States Work Progress Administration to provide employment for historians, teachers, writers, librarians, and other white-collar workers. Originally, the purpose of the project was to produce a series of sectional guide books under the name American Guide, focusing on the scenic, historical, cultural, and economic resources of the United States. Eventually new programs were developed and projects begun under the Federal Emergency Relief Administration were absorbed by the Writers' Project. From its inception in 1935 through late 1939, the Federal Writers' Project was directed by Henry Alsberg.

"U.S. Higway One... is one of the country's most important highways. It runs through 13 Atlantic seaboard states, carrying millions of tourists annually. Each one of them will find something important and interesting in this indispensable in this guide."

"A photographic index of what to see in the Capitol City. Here, too, is an album that recaptures the awe-inspiring "first trip" to Washington. Passing in review are the magnificent government buildings, the glorious shrines and monuments, the glamorous historic houses, and all the famous landmarks in the Nation's Capitol. Hundreds of unusual photographic studies are accompanied by a descriptive narrative that is a real miracle of condensation, compressing all fo the pertinent information about the City and its many points of interest into a few chapters that are easy to read and admirably arranged for instant reference."